I am in favor of pbs facilitating importing and import permits in any way possible. On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 6:59 PM Robert Lauf via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Good suggestion, Bruce. Are you volunteering to be the BX manager for > Oz, NZ, Oceania, and Antarctica? > I'm not trying to be facetious or sarcastic here. I recently got a USDA > import permit, a far less painful process than it was forty years ago when > I wanted to import orchids. My first trial was a bulb order from SA Bulbs, > and the results were fantastic. So I have been thinking about how/if we > could deputize a few members to get import permits and then offer to help > other members who maybe want one or two rare things from abroad but don't > want to get an import permit just for that. > Of course, such volunteers are setting themselves up for a lot of totally > uncompensated work! (Yes, I'm nominating Luminita for sainthood here.) > But on a case-by-case basis, I see an opportunity for some of us to help > other members avoid having to grub their way up the learning curve w/r/t > bureaucratic matters so they can concentrate on finding better ways to grow > odd bulbs. > Perhaps another idea would be for the society to prepare a short tutorial > on how to get a permit, import bulbs, etc. It's sure easier if someone > explains it to you up front! In my case, it would've been even more > painless if someone had told me a few things rather than my having to > discover them and respond in real time to generate a UPS shipping label and > email it to the inspection station in GA, for example. > If others think this activity would be useful, I encourage them to speak > up and I'll be glad to help organize something. > Bob LaufOak RIdge, TN where we are finally getting some rain > On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 06:36:57 PM EDT, Bruce Schroder via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > With the introduction of the second PBS bulb & seed exchange providing for > European members, that still leaves southern Pacific countries out in the > cold. What consideration has the executive given for their reinclusion? > Bruce Schroder > Melbourne > Australia > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…